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published its Final Rule in the Federal Register placing tramadol into Schedule IV effective August 18, 2014. (Tramadol is a centrally acting opioid analgesic first approved for use in the U.S. in 1995 under the name âUltramâ.
Within the first 3 years of approval of tramadol in the U.S., the steering committee quickly began to realize that patients on tramadol indeed abused the drug, and the commonly cited statistic is the monthly incidence being two to three cases per 100,000 patients in the first 2 years following its approval.or those of you who may have missed it, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has officially scheduled tramadol as a Schedule IV substance within the U.S. under the Controlled Substance Act, which will be effective as of August 18 of this year.